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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. LORD, OF KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

N E C K -l PA D Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed GtObSr 17,1905. Serial No. 283,154.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. LORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingfisher, in the county of Kingfisher and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in N eck-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neck-pads such as are adapted to support the collar of a horse, so as to prevent the same from chafing the neck of the animal or to enable the sore to heal in the event that chaiing has already occurred.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such devices.

/Vith the foregoing and other minor obj ects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a neck-pad constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

The improved pad of this invention preferably comprises a stiffening member l, which is formed of metal or other suitable material shaped to fit the neck of a horse. The stifl'ening member l is formed with a large central perforation, and the end portions 2 of said stiffening member l are curled upward, as shown. Upon the under surface of the stiffening member 1 is a covering member 3, which is formed, preferably, of leather and is curled at its ends around the curled ends of the stifl'ening member l, as shown at a. Adjacent to the large central opening through the stiifening member 1 the covering member 3 is bulged upward to form a semispherical portion 5, which is formed with suitable perforations 6. Secured to the stifliening member l is a pair of uprights 7, disposed, respectively, in front and rear of the bulged portion 5 of the covering member 3. Each of the uprights 7 is formed with a vertical series of perforations 8, adapted to receive a screw 9, which extends through the end of a bridge-piece l0. By means of the perfor-ations 8 the bridge-piece 10 may be ad- The pad is ilitted over the neck ofH through the opening, the formation of a l sharp edge around the opening is avoided,v

thus preventing any further chafing of the animal. By reason of the fact that the bridge-piece l() is adapted to be adjusted vertically upon the uprights 7 a large collar may be fitted without di'lliculty upon a small horse. Furthermore by providing a plurality of longitudinal slots, such as 11, either one of which is adapted to receive the strap of the horses collar, the neck-pad may be adjusted properly in a longitudinal direction upon the horses neck, so that the bulged portion 5 will be disposed always above the chafed part of the animals neck.

In its combination and arrangement of parts and in its details of construction the device of this invention constitutes an improvement over prior devices intended for a similar purpose.

Changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isl. A neck-pad comprisingamember adapted to t the neck of the horse, and a bridgepiece connected therewith and having a plurality of longitudinal slots, and means for adjusting the bridge-piece relative to said member.

2. A neck-pad comprising a stiffening member having an opening therein, a covering member upon the under surface of the stiifening member, said covering member being bulged upward through the opening in the stiffening member, and' a bridge-piece connected with said stilfening member.

3. A neck-pad comprising an elongated stiffening member having an enlarged central opening therein, and being formed with curled ends, a covering member upon the under surface of the stiffening member, said covering member being bulged upward TOO IIO

member being curled around the curled ends of the stifening member, uprights attached w to the stiffening member, and a bridge-piece adjustably connected to the uprights and hlaving therein a plurality of longitudinal s ots.

4. A neck-pad comprising a stifiening to be formed with a central opening and shaped to conform to the neck of a horse, and a covering member secured on the under side of the stiening member and projected upward through the opening in said member.

5. A. neck-pad comprising a stiffening member to be formed with a central opening and shaped to conform to the neck of a horse, and a'covering member secured on the under side of the stiffening member and projected upward through the opening in said member,

said covering member being formed with a series of openings in the upwardly-projecting portion.

6. A neck-pad comprising a stiening member formed with a central opening, up- Tights secured to said opening, and a bridge-t piece formed with a plurality of longitudinal slots adjustably connected to said uprights.

' 'T1 A neck-pad comprising a stirfening member, formed with an opening, a covering member secured to the under side of the stift! ening member and projected upward through the opening therein, and means carried by the stiffening member to secure a collar to the pad.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. LORD.

Witnesses:

W. L. FISH, J. W. CocrIRANE.4 

